J. Rufus Fears

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1) A history of freedom

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Fears, J. Rufus

Series

Great courses

Pub. Date

2001

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Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma presents lectures concerning the history of freedom from ancient civilization to the twentieth century.

2) Churchill

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Fears, J. Rufus

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Great courses

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His friend, colleague, and esteemed political foe Clement Attlee once memorialized Winston Churchill as "the greatest Englishman of our time - I think the greatest citizen of the world of our time." More than a half-century later, Churchill's life remains proof that a single individual can change the course of history for the better and make of life a blessed and noble thing, despite public and private trials too numerous to name. Who was this extraordinary...

3) Famous Greeks

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Fears, J. Rufus

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Great Courses Audio

Pub. Date

[2001]

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Join Professor Fears for this riveting 24-lecture examination of fascinating figures who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome. What do their lives, studied in the context of their times, tell us about virtue and vice, folly and wisdom, success and failure? Inspired and informed by the monumental works of Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch, these lectures allow you to do exactly that, guided by a truly great...

4) Life Lessons from the Great Myths

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Fears, J. Rufus

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The great courses

5) Life Lessons from the Great Books: Part 1 of 3

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Fears, J. Rufus

Series

The great courses

Pub. Date

2009

6) Famous Romans

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Fears, J. Rufus

Series

Great courses

Pub. Date

[2001]

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An introduction to Roman history focusing on the lives of great individuals. Examines lives from the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.) through the Empire during the first and second centuries A.D.

7) Churchill

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Fears, J. Rufus

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Great courses. Modern history

Pub. Date

[2001]

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Examines the life of Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain during World War II.

8) Books that have made history: books that can change your life

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Professor J. Rufus Fears presents his choices of some of the most essential writings in history. These are works that shaped the minds of great individuals and that offer an extraordinary gift of wisdom to those willing to receive it. Focus is on intellectual history and ethics, taking the underlying ideas of each great work and revealing how these ideas can be put to use in a moral and ethical life. From the Aeneid and the Book of Job to Othello...